Category — From Us to You

The picture in MM’s site heading is one we took of Antony Gormley’s installation  Another Place, at Crosby near Liverpool.  Yet another ‘inspired’ community placing of a work of art.

The sea around Crosby is wild and dangerous; where industry meet nature; not a place for bathing.  As the tide ebbs from the shore it reveals another, and then another,  and then, look, yet another figure on the beach, gazing out to sea at the passing ships plying their trade from Liverpool; yet in an environment where nature is still very much king.  

There are 100 figures in total covering just over a mile and a half (3km) of the shoreline - all totally covered by crashing waves at high tide.  The artist describes it as a ‘middle aged man, no hero,  trying to stand and breathe as time, tide and trade pass around him.  

It’s relevance to us was the mix of industry with nature,  the power of the whole group,  and the ever changing experience generated by the transient elements of the environment.

But we also liked the fact that even on a grey, wet, November Sunday it had the power to bring out a wide range of people - old, young, families, couples - from art lover, to hot dog connoisseur.   All mingling,  all exploring,  all fascinated by the experience.